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While Panama is emerging as a favored destination for vacationers looking for great beaches, tropical rain forest and rich biodiversity, its first claim to fame was the Panama Canal, which celebrates its 100th anniversary this summer.

At the center of this anniversary is a new expanded lock system that can accommodate some of the world's largest cargo ships. You might be thinking: a ship canal, new locks — I think I'd rather spend my vacation lying on a beach nursing a pina colada. But whether you're 70 or 7, watching a giant container ship squeeze through one of the locks with inches to spare is a thrill.

Leave it to the French to come up with the idea of cutting a waterway...

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